Friday, December 26, 2014

Today I'm participating in the Papertrey Ink December 2014 Blog Hop, Once again Nichole has chosen several inspiration photo to help get the CREATIVITY going. Silver and Gold splashed with shades of pink.

PTI Supplies:

Cover Plate: In the Woods Die

Tinsel & Tags House Additions Mini Stamp Set

While I had my supplies out I had time to play with the MIM#194 technique Melissa Phillips shared with us : Stamped Borders. I just could not get myself to make a Sympathy card today! Still too much JOY around here:) But I did use the stamped borders technique for a birthday and encouragement card.

Friday, December 19, 2014

A batch of Thank you cards hot off the press.
Thanks to the post at Waffle Flower this morning I came up with a MUCH NEEDED gift for my MIL.
I'm truly blessed to have a dear Mother-in-Law:) who enjoys sending out cards, but doesn't like to buy them..Good trade.. I just so happen to LOVE making cards, but not so great at sending them.HA!! It's a match made it heaven.
Yellow is her favorite color:)

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

One more week until Christmas Eve!
The kiddos are beside themselves, Our 120some Christmas cards are completed, signed and mailed out. Whew!!
Time to move on to more baking, dancing and just a bit of gift wrapping:)

I did have time to create this little card after seeing a "no-line" tutorial from Sandy.
SNOWBIRD from Stampendous was the perfect stamp for playing with my watercolor Pencils and Crayons. Adding Snowy highlights with Copic opaque white pigment is quick and easy.
A stitched frame from Wplus9 finished off the whole scene nicely I think:)

Friday, December 5, 2014

I am SUPER DUPER excited to be Guest designing for the December Challenge at STAMPlorations!

As the October Challenge: Stamps and Embossing winner I received two stamp sets of my choice.VIGNETTE: Art Deco Border Builders and VIGNETTE: Grunge Floral Strips were the sets I chose and used for the background foundation of this card. Making fabric like BGs has become a passion of mine. I'm simply giddy with the results:)

For this month's Challenge YOU get to CHOOSE from any past challenge theme or sketch.You'll find all monthly challenge themes here.And the sketches here.
I chose STAMPS and LAYERS from the November Challenge:

I started with Solar white cardstock and these inks:

Some of the stamps I inked up in two colors, then stamped:

Then I heat embossed a stencil over the top.

For the dimensional layers, I fussy cut one of the BLOOM SKETCHES from STAMPlorations and covered it in Glossy accents. Layered it on top of some PTI leaves and Memorybox dies then paired it with a sentiment from Wplus9...which I embossed in clear powder.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Yes, Valentines in December!!
Today I'm posting a couple of cards inspired by last weeks Operation Write Home Red Friday Blog Hop.
I agree it is important to remember those who are serving in the armed forces...sacrificing much for our freedom .

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

As a newbie to the cardmaking world I found PC&S to be THE source for learning.

I was encouraged when my card was chosen as a Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger Winner for this challenge. Entering the challenges and studying the winning cards improved my cards tremendously! Learning has never been so much fun!!

Here is a new card for the PC&S crew:

Thank you Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine for all you have done to promote and Enhance the wonderful world of Cardmaking and Paper crafts...You will be missed!

You are welcome to create a tag or a card. However a tag and snowman MUST be on the card.

Tracey is offering up some GREAT prizes on her blog from these companies:

• Reverse Confetti

• Clearly Besotted• CAS-ual Fridays• Neat and Tangled• Paper Smooches• Lawn Fawn
For your chance to win a prize just leave a comment on Tracey's blog for each one of the 25 days (plus the main prize drawing *here*) and you'll be entered to win. You have until 11:59pm EST on November 27th to enter.

You will also get an extra chance to win by commenting on my post! You have until 11:59 EST, Wednesday, November 26th to comment. I'll randomly choose one commenter and pass their name onto Tracey so she can include that name in the drawing! Winners will be announced on November 28th on Tracey's blog.

Let the festivities begin!!

Hope you have a Wonderful (if you are in the USA, Thanksgiving) weekend!...
I'm very grateful for ALL of my followers worldwide :) You really make me Smile:)
Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, November 24, 2014

Popping in real quick to post a tag I made using my Waffle Flower Craft Die Flower Circles Die Set for the OCT/NOV challenge. Laura Bassen used the die to create a tag here, which helped me think outside the "card" box:)
Here is my tag take for the challenge: